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Filter by:While invasive vagal stimulation has proven its therapeutic effectiveness over the past 20 years, particularly in the treatment of epilepsy or depression, its implementation is hampered by the high cost, high technicality and sometimes significant side effects. Non-invasive vagal stimulation, most often electric, is a less expensive therapeutic alternative and easier to implement, although the level of evidence is lower than that of invasive stimulation. Some so-called traditional therapies, such as acupuncture, also stimulate certain parts of the ear by mechanical means, most often by puncturing the ear or the concha. In these traditional therapies, more than one hundred stimulation points have been described, each precisely positioned according to an empirical topography. However, electrical non-invasive stimulation recognizes only three areas of interest on the ear, which are the areas of sensitive innervation, namely the afferences of the vagus nerve in the concha, which is the only one used in practice, the large occipital nerve on the lobe and part of the helix, and the auriculotemporal nerve on the rest of the auricular flag. In this study, we would like to explore the justification for the topographic precision, adopted by traditional therapies, for non-invasive vagal stimulation on the concha.
The study is designed as an open-label, single arm Phase III, multicenter trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of T-Guard treatment in patients with Steroid-Refractory acute Graft versus Host Disease (SR-aGVHD).
This study will assess the pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of single and multiple doses of intravenous ceftazidime-avibactam in hospitalized infants and neonates from 26 weeks gestation to 3 months of age. In Part A of the study all patients will receive a single dose of ceftazidime-avibactam. In Part B all patients will received multiple doses of ceftazidime-avibactam. Efficacy will be assessed in the infants and neonates receiving multiple doses of ceftazidime-avibactam.
The central hypothesis is that daily dental xylitol wipes, in addition to current oral care practice, are effective at reducing BSI from oral organisms, and decreasing the incidence of gingivitis, oral plaque, and oral ulcerations after SCT.
This project will study intranasal (IN) insulin in Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in 12 patients. Study Investigators aim to evaluate the feasibility of the EXAMINER cognitive battery as a cognitive outcome measure in FTD, the ability of the HealthPartners Center for Memory and Aging's ability to sufficiently recruit subjects with FTD, and the safety of IN regular insulin administered 20 IU twice per day in two specific variants of FTD (behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bv-FTD), semantic dementia (SD)) over a 4 week period.
This study evaluates KRT-232, a novel oral small molecule inhibitor of MDM2, when administered alone and in combination with low-dose cytarabine (LDAC) or Decitabine for the treatment of adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and AML secondary to myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN). Participants must be relapsed/refractory (having failed prior therapy) and will be assigned to receive monotherapy (KRT-232 alone) or combination therapy (KRT-232 with LDAC or KRT-232 with Decitabine).
The prevalence of CTX in our country is estimated to be 1 / 50.000. The aim of this study is to screen more volunteers by conducting a larger screening from neurology and pediatric metabolism clinics in Turkey. This observational study was designed retrospectively and prospectively in two stages. In the retrospective section, the patient database and / or patient files will be screened in the neurology and pediatric metabolism clinics and the patients aged 40 and below in the neurology clinics with at least two of the following will be enrolled to the study: - Ataxia and / or spasticity - Bilateral cataract (except senile cataract) - Intellectual limitation - Non-enhancing hyperintensity on T2 sections in MR imaging of dentate nuclei - Autosomal recessive transition pattern. (Ex: Relative Marriage) In the pediatric metabolism centers, cases suspected of CTX and planned to apply the Mignarri Index according to the investigator's opinion will be identified.
Intermittent claudication (IC), the most common manifestation of peripheral artery disease (PAD), represents not only a significant detriment in quality of life, but also an increased risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), including progression of PAD, coronary artery disease (CAD) and cerebrovascular disease. Guideline directed therapy for IC includes supervised exercise, smoking cessation and optimal medical management to decrease overall risk of ASCVD. In the VA Health Care System, implementation of supervised exercise therapy through cardiac rehabilitation or physical therapy programs is limited by distances that patients must travel to VA facilities that provide these services. Furthermore, one of the most common failure points in exercise therapy programs is poor patient compliance. Improved patient participation and compliance in exercise programs for IC represents an unmet need, without which the majority of patients with life-style limiting PAD may not be receiving optimal medical management. Small studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of home-based exercise programs as an alternative to supervised exercise therapy; however, the success of the home-based exercise programs require remote coaching and/or regular provider feedback. The wide-spread availability of smart phones and smart devices has accelerated the implementation of telehealth programs that may supplement or may eventually replace in-person encounters for health care delivery. The role of provider feedback in addition to real-time feedback from smart devices remains completely unexplored. Our central hypothesis is that in individuals with IC, regular provider feedback on smart-device-based remote health monitoring data, which is available to the patient in real time, will augment the benefits of home-based exercise programs. We propose a randomized trial in patients with IC to test the central hypothesis through two Specific Aims: 1. To determine the effect of provider feedback on smart-device-based remote health monitoring data during home-based exercise programs on walking distance in patients with IC. 2. To determine the effect of provider feedback on smart-device-based remote health monitoring data during home-based exercise programs on quality of life (QOL) in patients with IC. Based on a sample size calculation to detect a 50% increase in walking distance between the 2 groups, we expect to enroll 30 patients (15 in each group). Patient participation in the study will be concluded after 12 weeks. As an exploratory aim in the study, we will also (as an optional part of the study) collect plasma before and after the 12-weeks of exercise to investigate changes in lipid levels and plasma biomarkers associated with exercise therapy. This exploratory aim will generate preliminary data for future studies.
This phase I/II trial studies whether glasdegib is helpful in treating sclerosis associated with chronic graft-versus-host disease. It will also investigate the safety of glasdegib in treating patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease.
This trial studies how well photoacoustic imaging works in measuring tumors and normal tissue in patients with head and neck cancer. Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is a low-risk imaging method that provides information about the oxygenation of tissues using a combination of light and ultrasound techniques. This study may help doctors determine if PAI is correlated with clinical responses of both tumor (for example: shrinking, swelling or disappearing) and normal tissues (for example: skin redness, dry mouth, appearance of sores, healing of skin or mucosa). If there is a correlation with clinical responses, then doctors may develop PAI as method for measuring response to earlier treatment.